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SATURDAY 7th MARCH

I’m on a train to go to Paisley to see Phillip Vaughan talk at the Will Eisner Festival (he’s currently inking and lettering Ragtime Soldier) and check out books from La Belle Adventure bookshop. I was hoping to see Steve Tanner at Power Con in Glasgow (selling Time Bomb titles alongside Peter Pan and Tara Togs) but a trip to the SECC will be a step too far after a morning meeting overran. Time Bombs Dick Turpin Kickstarter ends soon and it’s doing pretty well.

I did venture out mid week to see Stref talk about his career and Tara Togs. It was a very pleasant evening and people were very kind about ComicScene, which took me back a little. I’m thinking it’s time I found the time to go out to some comic events next year. Maybe do a few panels on comic publishing if I get an invite and bring some of the creators with me.

Slightly annoyed I decided to leave my ruck sack behind as I’m planning to go for drinks later. I left my copies of Lew Stringers ‘Brick Man’ in it which I planned to read on the train. Oh well, that’s why you are getting this blog post instead!

It’s the last day of my substack ‘crowdfunder’ (search ComicScene Substack). Posts will be going behind a paywall after being free for a week from now on. Contributions help oil the writing wheels.

That’s the end of the (train) line now. Until next time. Blog over!

FRIDAY 27th FEBRUARY

I’ve taken the leap to continue the ComicScene.org website and the oodles of free memory if offers and open it up, for FREE, to comic folk. If like me they have found social media algorithms very frustrating, for a variety of reasons, they may embrace the opportunity of creating a dedicated collective space.

But here’s the NEW secret weapon!

Any updated blogs will be ‘boosted’ on the ComicScene Culture Review as part of ‘Panels’. I’ve been building that newsletter, which goes directly to 7000 subscribers every time we post, for the last year and it’s growing (7400 people to be exact, at time of writing, making us the number one substack for comics as of today).

So they get a free blog. Why? Well, it gives them their dedicated space to share their voice. They will be able to edit their blog at any time via desktop, tablet or mobile phone. It all means they don’t have to rely on a media release and my time availability to cover their stories or share their work (I always feel bad when that happens but, y’know, family life, work and volunteering for other things that aren’t ‘comics’ does get in the way!)

They can share pictures, links, shop links, videos, media and even upload your comics for people to read. It will make for an eclectic, exciting social hub of comic goodness that all fans will enjoy. If they embrace and use it.

I always think we have done things differently here at ComicScene and this is a potential game changer for coverage of comics in the U.K. and overseas.

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PS – watch out for ‘Saturday Comic Con’ on the substack this weekend – it’s a new weekly ComicScene ‘comic con’ without the cost of travel, accommodation and food that is attended by over 3000 people a week! Check it out here